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Enterprise Upgrade

  • Environment assessment, backup strategy, and upgrade plan aligned to approved change windows.
  • Non-production rehearsal: test compatibility and resolve issues with apps, TAs, and forwarders.
  • Production upgrade: minimal downtime, verified rollback path, and cutover sequenced for clusters (SHC, Indexers, Deployer, CM).
  • Post-upgrade validation covering searches, KV Store, data models, and performance checks.
  • Security hardening: enable mTLS, OAuth for email, OpenSSL 3, and confirm Python 3.9 compatibility.
  • Performance tuning and dashboard optimization post-upgrade.
  • Documentation: updated runbook, knowledge transfer, and 30-day hypercare support.
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Major upgrade release!!

Splunk 10 is a major security and capability release, not just a patch train. Delaying adoption forfeits important features across security, data handling, and administration, and makes it harder to remain current as the SIEM landscape evolves rapidly. Staying on a steady upgrade cadence reduces risk and effort for future updates.

What's new in Splunk 10?

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Edge Processor

  • Process, filter,mask , and transform data at the source to cut ingest and storage costs.
  • Centrally manage pipelines and route to Splunk Cloud/Enterprise or S3; supports forwarders, syslog, and HEC.
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Tightened security/compliance

  • Modern cryptography stack: OpenSSL 3.0, Python 3.9, and updated FIPS alignment with a path to 140-3.
  • Stronger authentication and transport: mTLS for Splunk-to-Splunk and OAuth 2.0 for SMTP with Exchange/Gmail.
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Sidecars

  • Purpose-built processes alongside splunkd deliver new features without disrupting core services.
  • Improves agility and performance through cleaner isolation and workload distribution, especially for data management.
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Admin superpowers

  • See effective forwarder configs centrally and avoid host-by-host checks.
  • Move data between indexes more easily; apply finer-grained permissions to knowledge objects and audit via dashboards.
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Dashboard Studio enhancements

  • Public dashboard sharing with secure controls; multi-tab navigation, deep links, and export improvements.
  • Better visuals and build workflow: trellis layouts, dynamic map coloring, fit-to-data, hidden slices, and richer token handling.
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Splunk Observability Integrations

  • Unified view of OpenTelemetry Collectors with status and attributes.
  • Preview Observability data next to logs; use metrics and service maps in dashboards to expose dependencies and bottlenecks.

Enterprise Security

  • Enterprise Security continues to grow globally, earning recognition as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for ten consecutive years .
  • It ensures security-focused users are supported through unified TDIR (threat detection, investigation, and response workflows).
  • Each upgrade introduces enhanced and new features, which may appear overwhelming at first glance.
  • Positka provides end-to-end ES upgrade services, starting with an initial health check and continuing through to knowledge transfer for the concerned teams once the upgrade is completed.
  • Our approach ensures minimal disruption to business operations while upgrades are carried out seamlessly.
  • With well-trained experts, Positka guarantees upgrades that are secure, efficient, and future-ready.
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Major upgrade release!!

Splunk has come up with ES 8, and it is not the usual version upgrade but rather one that addresses some of the key concerns noted throughout the years, with added features and a complete refresh of the UI and integrations.

But a significant bump in features always results in changing the way we interact with and leverage the tool, which could be a bit tricky to handle and takes time. But delays mean:

  • Missing out on revamped risk-based alerting and triaging advancements, which are a must to keep up with the evolving threat landscape of the current times that we live in.
  • Losing valuable opportunities to adopt automation and integration improvements that make SOC operations more efficient and resilient.

What's new in Splunk ES 8?

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Unified TDIR

  • One stop console for throughout the triaging process starting from detection and all the way to response
  • Get the entire picture in one place
  • Overall boost in productivity
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ES and SOAR Workflows

  • The incident response and case management has got a huge bump up in terms of both UI and functionalities
  • Revamped integration with SOAR gives more control and visibility from ES console
  • Reduced the redundant clicks and changing the tabs for investigation
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Plan With Ease

  • Eradicate the need to go through the same steps of action to resolve an incident with response plans in place
  • Collaborating with various teams has never been simpler
  • Minimize the MTTD and MTTR
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Terminology is in sync with OCSF

  • No more silos between teams with the help of standardized terms
  • Focus on acting upon threats, not the words
  • Future-proof your terminology with the OCSF standard
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Modern Aggregation & Triage with Finding Groups

  • Focus on the actual threats and say goodbye to the time-consuming triage process
  • Group as you see fit
  • Add value with framework mapping and entity matching
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Enhanced Detection & Risk-Based Alerting

  • Use your time for what matters most
  • Pack your alerts with all the information you need
  • Stop opening every single alert without prioritization

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